Agenda - Council Work Session - 01/10/2017

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City of 7550 Sunwood Drive NW.Ramsey,MN 55303 R"SEY City Hall: 763.427.1410.Fax: 763.427.5543 www.cityoframsey.com September 15, 2016 Resilient Communities Project Attn: RCP Director Mike Greco Re: Letter of Support Accompanying the City of Ramsey's Letter of Intent Mr. G recco, On behalf of the City of Ramsey, I am excited to offer this Letter of Support in regards to our Letter of Intent to apply for the Resilient Communities Program with the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs. On September 13, our City Council directed us to submit our Letter of Intent. We have a range of policy topics and programs that we feel will match the program goals with meaningful and exciting opportunities for these students. While we are excited to provide students an opportunity to work on real world projects that are already part of our planning documents, we are even more excited about the innovation that this program can provide that may not exist without our participation in this program. Our Comprehensive Plan Update underway, along with our Council's Strategic Plan, is serving as a foundation for many policy topics like never before in our community, and the amount of public engagement is exciting. These plans are serving as a spring board for a number of broad professional experiences that the students would access. These opportunities include, but are not limited to, land use planning, transit-oriented development planning, economic development policies, long-range parks and recreation planning, and natural resource policy to name a few. Our community's vision and commitment to meaningful public engagement and innovation will set us apart from our peer communities. Aside from the benefits to our organization,this program also hits one of my primary goals as a planning and community development professional; to provide excellent professional development opportunities to those just entering the profession. As a student, I either didn't take advantage of, or have access to a program of this high quality. Whether it through professional organizations such as the American Planning Association or my primary employer/organization, I continue to look for opportunities such as this to give back to the profession. We look forward to future conversations and hope to be your next partner community. Sincerely, luj 4*MN" Tim Gladhill Community Development Director It is our mission to work together to responsibly grow our community,and to provide quality,cost-effective and efficient government services.